1.      E-Portfolio and Web Page Tools: (Personal webpage/portfolio: Google Sites: http://sites.google.com (like a wiki and a homepage—easy to change)

2.      Document collab (Google Docs; http://docs.google.com/ and Google Presentations)

3.      Share Docs and Slides (SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/). Online presentations.

4.      Group collaboration (Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/, Yahoo Groups)

5.      Wiki collaboration (Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/, Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaint.com/, PBworks (formerly PBwiki: http://pbworks.com/)

6.      Blogging (Blogger: https://www.blogger.com/start, Word Press: http://wordpress.org/, Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com/); Compare Blogger & Word Press: http://pulsed.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogger-wordpress-chart.html

7.      Social networking (Facebook, Ning) e. g., Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com/; School 2.0: http://school20.ning.com/; Ning in Education: http://education.ning.com/

8.      Online photo sharing (Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/, Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/, etc.)

9.      Podcasting (Audacity for PC: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and Garage Band for the Mac); also Gabcast (http://gabcast.com/) to create audio podcasting by using your phone or VoIP. Many podcasts in Education Podcast Network: http://epnweb.org/.

10.  Shared online video: YouTube, TeacherTube (http://www.teachertube.com/), SchoolTube, TVLesson, NASA TV, Link TV (http://www.linktv.org/), YouTube Edu.

11.  Concept Mapping tools (Gliffy, Mindmeister, Bubbl.us (http://bubbl.us/)

12.  Create small cartoonish videos of animated characters: Xtranormal: http://www.xtranormal.com;
Digital Films: http://www.digitalfilms.com/; Bitstrips: http://www.bitstrips.com/landing; and Momoov: http://memoov.com/

13.  Social bookmarking (del.icio.us: http://delicious.com/), trailfire: http://trailfire.com/)

14.  Finding online media (Odeo: http://odeo.com/)

15.  Bookmarking websites and collaboration (Diigo); e.g., math resources: http://groups.diigo.com/groups/teaching-middle-school-math and science resources: http://groups.diigo.com/groups/teaching-middle-school-science), etc.

16.  Communication (Skype: http://www.skype.com/, Google Talk: http://www.google.com/talk/

17.  Adding audio to Web content (Voice Threads: http://voicethread.com/)

18.  Adding Audio to email (YackPack: http://www.yackpack.com/)

19.  Screencasting to capture and instantly share your screen (Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/, Screenr: http://screenr.com/); with Screenr you can save your project as mp4 (ready for ipod/iphone), link to Twitter, post product on YouTube.

20.  Collaborate on Math and Science Problems Online (Math Calculators like Instacalc: http://instacalc.com/ and http://my.instacalc.com/)

21.  Webstreaming (UStream: http://www.ustream.tv/)

22.  Video Creation (e.g., film a lecture or presentation by yourself from your laptop or desktop Web cam); VideoSpin: http://videospin.com/Redesign/) Windows Movie Maker: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

23.  Synchronous web conferencing (Vyer: http://vyew.com/site/, Dimdim: http://www.dimdim.com/)

24.  Virtual Worlds: Second Life: http://secondlife.com/; Global Kids: http://globalkids.org/?id=30

25.  Free Course Management Systems (Moodle: http://moodle.org/); Note: there is also free hosting of Moodle for basic installation: http://ninehub.com/

26.  Collaboration and Kids as Researcher Sites (BioKIDS, GLOBE, iEARN, ePals, etc.)

27.  Various Web 2.0 tools: http://www.go2web20.net/

28.  Free and Open Access K-12 Contents and Courses:

a.       Curriki: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome)

b.      National Repository of Online Courses: http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/

c.       Hippo Campus: http://www.hippocampus.org/

d.      MIT Highlights for High School: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/

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